a powerful incentive

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• incentive — 01. The teacher gave the children little stars as an [incentive] to clean up their desks at the end of each day. 02. I m already at the top of my pay scale at work, so I don t really have any economic [incentive] to work harder. 03. The players… …   Grammatical examples in English

• Incentive — In*cen tive, n. [L. incentivum.] That which moves or influences the mind, or operates on the passions; that which incites, or has a tendency to incite, to determination or action; that which prompts to good or ill; motive; spur; as, the love of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• incentive — n. 1) to offer an incentive 2) a powerful, strong incentive 3) an incentive to (an incentive to investment) 4) an incentive to + inf. (they have no incentive to work harder) * * * [ɪn sentɪv] strong incentive a powerful to offer an incentive an… …   Combinatory dictionary

• incentive — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, generous, good, great, huge, massive (esp. BrE) ▪ powerful, strong ▪ adequate …   Collocations dictionary

• powerful — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem ▪ become, get, grow ▪ make sb/sth ADVERB …   Collocations dictionary

• incentive adj — Police dogs often have a powerful in scent ive …   English expressions

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